23Aug

Suggestions for Trump, Clinton

Via the Casper Star-Tribune: Editor:  This is an open letter to Mr. Trump and Ms. Clinton. If there’s any good news for coal these days, it’s that you both have promised relief for coal communities hit hard by market forces and the president’s regulations. Donald Trump, you say you’ll put coal miners back to work. […]
18Aug

Missouri Faces Troubling Uptick in Energy Prices Due to SPR

Via The Buffalo Reflex: We sometimes forget that Missouri has been a coal-producing state for decades. Although not a major producer like Wyoming or West Virginia, our state has mined coal, along with lead, zinc, copper and silver for more than a century. And all of this mining has not only employed thousands in family-supporting […]
17Aug

A Note to the Candidates

August 17, 2016 Dear Mr. Trump and Mrs. Clinton: If there’s any good news for coal these days, it’s that you both have promised relief for coal communities hit hard by market forces and the president’s regulations. Donald Trump, you say you’ll put coal miners back to work. Hillary Clinton, you pledged to put their […]
15Aug

Congress Must End Ill-advised Clean Power Plan

Via Lehigh Valley Live: A review of America’s energy policy-making history is instructive: During Jimmy Carter’s presidency, the nation enacted (constitutionally and lawfully) the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act to force installations burning relatively clean gas and oil to convert to coal.  The folly of this eventually became clear and PIFUA was repealed nine years later […]
12Aug

Coal Plays Essential Role in U.S. Economy

Via The Des Moines Register: I hope that Trump and Pence do end the war on coal if elected, considering that just one coal company, Murray Energy, may soon have to lay off up to 4,400 coal miners in six states [Steve King endorses Trump, Pence at Sioux City rally, Aug. 9]. In fact, the […]
10Aug

Administration Wins Gold

Washington, D.C. – The games got underway this weekend and already Team USA has claimed a coveted gold medal. But not in Rio. Actually America won the prize here in Washington, for most regulations exceeding $100 million for a two-term president. With an estimated cost of $743 billion for it regulatory marathon – larger than […]
09Aug

How Green Energy Hurts the Poor

Via The Detroit News: The clean energy mantra is so loud that it often drowns out the feeble cry of energy poverty. Many Americans are finding it more and more difficult to pay their utility bills, yet this important issue is nearly absent from the debate about America’s energy future. Modern progressives, who have long […]
09Aug

The ‘War On Coal’ Threatens A Sleepy Colorado Mining Town

Via The Daily Caller: CRAIG, Colo. — Coal, from extraction to use as a generation source, forms the literal bedrock of Craig. The past few years have shaken the once quiet town, as an onslaught of federal government regulations and actions by environmental activists bent on keeping Moffat County’s key natural resource in the ground have sparked concerns […]
08Aug

Via The Washington Examiner: 7. Clean Power Plan, $11.9 billion Instead of relying on Congress, with its increased Republican opposition, Obama decided to enact regulations using his executive authority to meet his climate goals. (AP Photo) The Clean Power Plan is considered the centerpiece of President Obama’s effort to battle climate change. And while it […]
04Aug

The Burden of Today’s Energy Policies Fall Heaviest on Low-Income Americans

Via Inside Sources: The clean energy mantra is so loud that it often drowns out the feeble cry of energy poverty. Many Americans are finding it more and more difficult to paytheir utility bills, yet this important issue is nearly absent from the debate about America’s energy future. Modern progressives, who have long fancied themselves […]